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Neil B
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| The SpudGun by Neil |  | | PALGN Feature: Deja Vu. Again. | | [View Article] |
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Nice column, but two points I vehemently disagree with:
1. Super Mario Galaxy has the most gorgeous music in a game this year, and if you wanted to turn it off, you may indeed be suffering from some sort of parasite which deprives you of the ability to feel joy (note: I may be being a bit of a knob here)
2. Save Points - this is something I wrote about in an another post, in which I thought that when done poorly, a checkpoint/save point system can be nightmarish, but when done well, it is great. Take UNCHARTED, for example, which saves your progress stealthily after every little chunk of gameplay. It truly is perfect. Being abled to save at any point actually, IMO, takes me out of the game because every thirty seconds I pull up the pause menu to save, thereby interrupting the flow of the gameplay.
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| sidzed2 wrote: | Nice column, but two points I vehemently disagree with:
1. Super Mario Galaxy has the most gorgeous music in a game this year, and if you wanted to turn it off, you may indeed be suffering from some sort of parasite which deprives you of the ability to feel joy (note: I may be being a bit of a knob here)
2. Save Points - this is something I wrote about in an another post, in which I thought that when done poorly, a checkpoint/save point system can be nightmarish, but when done well, it is great. Take UNCHARTED, for example, which saves your progress stealthily after every little chunk of gameplay. It truly is perfect. Being abled to save at any point actually, IMO, takes me out of the game because every thirty seconds I pull up the pause menu to save, thereby interrupting the flow of the gameplay. |
I don't get it, can't he just turn the tv sound off? Or does he mean this particular tune?
Well anyway I like the article, I love things that have a go at everything 
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| sidzed2 wrote: | Nice column, but two points I vehemently disagree with:
1. Super Mario Galaxy has the most gorgeous music in a game this year, and if you wanted to turn it off, you may indeed be suffering from some sort of parasite which deprives you of the ability to feel joy (note: I may be being a bit of a knob here)
2. Save Points - this is something I wrote about in an another post, in which I thought that when done poorly, a checkpoint/save point system can be nightmarish, but when done well, it is great. Take UNCHARTED, for example, which saves your progress stealthily after every little chunk of gameplay. It truly is perfect. Being abled to save at any point actually, IMO, takes me out of the game because every thirty seconds I pull up the pause menu to save, thereby interrupting the flow of the gameplay. |
It's called autosave, one button, and half a second later, it's saved. Much like a checkpoint really, only you decide when the checkpoints occur. Just a shame such a mechanic can't work on consoles... lack of buttons.
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I wish I had a video of me beating Dragonforce on Expert, just to mock you in this very post.
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| Eyce wrote: | | I wish I had a video of me beating Dragonforce on Expert, just to mock you in this very post. |
I think the joke would be on you 
Great column Neil. Really enjoyed it.
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Nice article, definitely agree with hex based games. I think the problem is people aren't willing to spend money on those type of games.
Though www.wesnoth.org is a great free alternative.
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Hey, in my defense, Pillock is a vastly underused (and all the more amusing for it) insult. I'm sure that being raised on British comedies had nothing to do with my views on this...
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Wow. You might be the only person on the planet you didn't enjoy the epic score to Mario Galaxy. I found myself replaying some of the levels to hear the soundtrack.
Fingers crossed we get the same 'elevator music' for the next Zelda installment.
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Neil B
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Well, each to their own, I guess. And I'm not saying that the SMG music was bad, not by any stretch. It's just that after umpteen hours of it, I would pay to be able to play without the music, but with full sound effects. I simply got tired of the music before getting tired of the game. And I'd probably turn it back on again after a while - I just want the option.
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Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack was stunning, and Dragonforce rocks.
Other than that, right on.
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Can't agree more on xbox live, it has become a festering little sewer filled with morons, i have to turn the sound down on the headset now so i don't have to cringe at the words N....r and F....t every 5 seconds.
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